we really do think we can dance.

my sisters and I all love a good on-screen dance sequence.  I think we all sort of have a not-so-secret dream of being dancers or Broadway stars or something.  These dreams were probably born because we spent our childhood watching and re-watching cinematic masterpieces like:

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

&

Newsies

go watch them right now.  for realz. 

anyway... my sister, Julianna,  REALLY loves So You Think You Can Dance.  like really loves.
every season she tries to get us to watch the show.  I haven't really ever seen it... just highlights on Ellen, and one dance with Ellen.  Not because it doesn't sound good, but because I know I'll be instantly addicted... and I don't need that.

her birthday is this week, so I plotted with my parents and her husband to get us two tickets to see the SYTYCD live tour at the Maverik Center on Wednesday night.  When I told her that our seats were in the 12th row, on the floor, I was legitimately worried that she was going to pee her pants.  She was SO excited. 

lucky for you, this event also gave me the opportunity to showcase my excellent photography skills.  I had to sort through 113 pictures of blurry nothing, to bring you these gems (haha)

these were my favorite dancers:

(I was happy to learn that Melanie won)

Other neat things: When we were leaving, I literally ran right into a guy named Mitchell who was the injured top ten dancer and couldn't dance that night (I didn't know it was Mitchell - Julianna told me).

and we sat next to this girl's (Caitlynn) parents: 

and 100 of her closest friends who all came from Washington to watch her.  We felt like we crashed someone's party.  But I did talk to her Dad about the whole "journey" to the T.V. show and beyond. 

So that was neat. 

aaand I loved it. 

and I'll be watching from now on.